(CNN) -- Actor Burt Reynolds is in intensive care in a Florida hospital, where he went for treatment of flu symptoms, one of his representatives said Friday.

Reynolds was dehydrated when he went to the hospital, and was eventually transferred to its intensive care unit, his representative Erik Kritzer told CNN.

Kritzer declined to divulge what hospital the actor was in, saying, "He would like that (kept) private."

"He is doing better at this time," Kritzer said late Friday afternoon of the 76-year-old actor. "We expect, as soon as he gets more fluids, he will be back in a regular room."

Born in southern Georgia, Reynolds and his family moved to Michigan and eventually to southeastern Florida, according to his profile on the website of the Florida Artist Hall of Fame, in which he was inducted in 1993. At Palm Beach High School, he first made a name for himself as a football star and earned an athletic scholarship to Florida State University.

When injuries derailed his promising athletic career, Reynolds turned to acting. He scored small parts in the late 1950s, then broke through a few years later in the role of Quint on the TV series "Gunsmoke."

His career took another leap with the 1972 release of "Deliverance," in which he played an Atlanta businessman exploring the remote north Georgia wilderness with friends. "The Longest Yard" came out two years later, starring Reynolds as an ex-football player who lands in prison.

Was still one heck of good looking guy then, too bad he fell victim to same pathetic plastic surgeons that butchered so many actors that were afraid to age gracefully. Now all these guys like Reynolds, Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Kenny Rogers to name a few look like clowns! Still loved him in just about anything he did and wish him a speedy recovery

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posted on 01/25/2013 4:52:38 PM PST
by Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)

Some trivia about Deliverance: The "retarded boy" isn't really retarded. He IS strange looking, but still makes appearances as the character. He doesn't really play the banjo in the movie, they had a stunt right hand pulling the cords.

I've long been a huge fan of the X-Files, and while I felt the show lost some of its appeal in the later seasons, Reynolds appeared in the episode Improbable during the last year of the show. He was terrific in it, and by all accounts, had a great time with the cast and crew during the filming.

Men should definitely not get facelifts, Wrinkles on a man are sexy. It is the nature of the surgery not the quality of the job that makes them look too feminine and doll-like — especially Burt Reynolds who has had wrinkles ever since he was the biggest thing in Hollywood in the ‘80’s...Strong-featured was what gave him that fantastic aura of musky masculinity with a subtle, polished finish, sort of like a lawyer cowboy.

Though I have no personal knowledge, Reynolds always seemed to be a good guy. And there was such good chemistry and fun when he and Dom De Luise where together, sometimes the outtakes where better than the money shots.

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posted on 01/25/2013 5:39:45 PM PST
by Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)

A hospital is probably the worst place to go if you are suffering from a respiratory illness. All the antibiotic resistant bacteria and pneumonia strains just lurking about looking for old patients to kill.

Hopefully he’ll come out of there alive.

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posted on 01/25/2013 5:42:13 PM PST
by P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)

A hospital is probably the worst place to go if you are suffering from a respiratory illness. All the antibiotic resistant bacteria and pneumonia strains just lurking about looking for old patients to kill. Hopefully hell come out of there alive.

Men should definitely not get facelifts, Wrinkles on a man are sexy. It is the nature of the surgery not the quality of the job that makes them look too feminine and doll-like  especially Burt Reynolds who has had wrinkles ever since he was the biggest thing in Hollywood in the 80s...Strong-featured was what gave him that fantastic aura of musky masculinity with a subtle, polished finish, sort of like a lawyer cowboy.

AMEN !!! Same with gray hair. Doesn't make them any less handsome.

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posted on 01/25/2013 5:55:11 PM PST
by Lizavetta
(You get what you tolerate)

A hospital is probably the worst place to go if you are suffering from a respiratory illness. All the antibiotic resistant bacteria and pneumonia strains just lurking about looking for old patients to kill.

That may be still be true in Zimbabwe or Cuba, but modern hospitals practice infection control. If you're Burt's age and have a serious respiratory illness I'd say you'd have a much better chance going to the hospital.

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posted on 01/25/2013 6:12:48 PM PST
by Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)

Yep. Jose Chung is a classic. Charles Nelson Reilly reprised that role for an episode of Millenium, in which he was doing research for an article he was writing on a cult (a thinly veiled shot at Scientology).

It’s unfortunate that Deliverance came out the same year as the Godfather and only received three Oscar nominations-—amazingly none for acting, screenplay, cinematography, or the music. Brando was good, I admit, but ignoring Burt, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox was a CRIME. You’re probably wondering who got the nominations? Michael Caine, Peter O’Toole, and Laurence Olivier in movies I never heard of.

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